The police have identified the victims as Aniruddha Kumar Raju, a native of Chandigarh and Rohit Tripathi from Bhopal. Aniruddha was a fourth year Aerospace Engineering student while Rohit was studying Civil Engineering.

While Rohit's body has been recovered, a search is on for Aniruddha.

#BREAKING | 2 IIT Kharagpur students drowned while swimming in sea at New Digha, WB; Body of 1 recovered, while another still missing